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By Don Steinbrugge, Corey Kennedy, and Chas Steinbrugge from Agecroft Partners, a global hedge fund consulting and marketing firm.

The hedge fund industry consists of a wide variety of strategies that attract varying levels of investor interest over time. Factors such as capital market valuations, economic growth expectations, inflation rates, market liquidity, and risk tolerance significantly influence the demand for each strategy. Industry professionals spend a great deal of time analyzing these variables in order to identify which strategies are expected to offer the best opportunities for out-performance. One way to measure this is to survey investors regarding their current interests.

In this paper, we compare and analyze data submitted by investors from our June 2025 cap intro event with data recently compiled from the first 300 investors registered to attend our upcoming Gaining the Edge Global Virtual Cap Intro event taking place from June 15th to 26th. During registration, investors complete a detailed survey outlining their preferences regarding strategy types and managers that are of current interest. This provides broad insights into both overall demand for each strategy as well as trends in demand between years. Presented below is a comparative analysis of our survey findings, accompanied by commentary derived from feedback received from thousands of investors globally.

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